2018 Bowl Bonanza BIF

Well, it’s that time of the year where I realize how little CFB I actually watch! Bowl Games start in 18 days!

Similar rules that I've used in the past with some additional information regarding shipping deadlines:

The pool will be done with confidence points. So for example, if you are a die hard Georgia Southern fan, and think they are going to blow out whoever they play in their bowl game, then you'd assign the highest confidence points to that game. And then conversely, you'd assign the lowest points to whoever you think will win the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl, or whatever game you don't have a clue who you think will win.

Losers will send at least 44oz of beer to the winner(s). I'll decide the number of winners and the share of boxes depending on how many people join, similar to what was done last year where there were 20 entries and 5 winners receiving 6, 4, 3, 1, 1 boxes each. We followed this draft format for the winners last year

Round 1:
1st picks 3
2nd picks 2
3rd picks 2
4th picks 1
5th picks 1

Round 2:
1st picks 2
2nd picks 1
3rd picks 1

Round 3:
1st picks 1
2nd picks 1

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Any beyond reproach users from last year should be able to rejoin the pool on ESPN, just please post "in" here so that I know who is joining. I’ll start a group PM to distribute the ESPN link and the google form I’ll use to collect shipping info.

Also, I may require a sponsor for certain users and total noobs.

And most importantly, the shipping timeline:January 7: National Title Game, winners finalizedJanuary 8: Winners draft shippers. Hopefully I get PMs out to everyone with their targets that night (work for me in early Jan is always crazy, so it might be the following day)Friday February 8: Deadline to communicate why you're missing the shipping deadline and an updated ETA that is within reasonMonday February 12: Deadline to ship (this is a long ass time for you to get your shit together and ship!)

FAQ regarding these deadlines

What happens if I missed the deadline?
Please don't.

Alright, but what if I did?
Did you say you were going to miss the deadline?
-If no, you'll be getting neutral feedback if we haven't heard from you by Friday February 15.
-If yes, I will hold you to the updated ETA you provided and do the same thing - neutral feedback 2 days after your ETA.

So now I have neutral feedback and haven't shipped...
I'll send the obligatory "hope all is well, but are you ever going to ship?" message/email/text.
At some point, your neutral feedback will get revised to negative if you don't ship.

Yeah, well when will you do that? We all know you're too nice and scared that once someone gets negative feedback they'll just bail entirely!
Not sure! Have you been keeping us in the loop? Have you been on TB and just ignoring this obligation? Have you stopped logging into TB entirely? Still going to use my poor discretion on this one, but at least your neutral feedback will provide some warning to anyone who wants to deal with you going forward.

It's winter and I'm shipping to (insert TB-er living in the arctic circle here) and his state is zero degrees for the next 10 days!
Please plan to ship early so you can find the best shipping window weather-wise. If you wait until the deadlines above, I will still hold you to whatever revised ETA you provide.